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Re: For more "metta": Good luck. I see all the terms as intimately related. Baha'is use more words than just "Manifestation". Ah well. For my point of view it is affirming to see Hindus have a high affirmtation of the high station of the Buddha just as Baha'is do. The world might be alittle...

I would compare it with near death experiences where a believer sees the Founder of their own Faith welcoming them and returning them. The truth always is perceived before it is appreciated. Perception always entails the pov of the viewer. I beleive the Voice knows this limitation of us. "O...

I don't wholly disagree but lack of following the guidance of wisdom, of placing proper emphasis on understanding, brings about a series of failings in relation to the needs. This is clearly part of the situation. But God could test our condition as well. We think we are satisfied, and our...

If you like examples from physics consider the phenomina of an "electron hole". It's a very real thing, and yet not real at all. Shadows are very real, exact things, and yet defined, created, but what they lack. In this sense true evil is the lack of good - and the strongest evil is merely the...

As for the original question, perhaps some could share their stories about how or why they chose their own religion. We could then see how the priorities of reason and faith, and mercy and guidance, are illustrated in our lives, however faulty. As for my own story, I was brought up into a...

Quite a thread! A couple points not covered but I think still needing comment. About the Baha'i Faith not having sufficient affinity for the belief systems of other religions, specifically reincarnation as an example. The Baha'i Faith accepts the divine basis/origin in the form of the...

I'll add my voice to the chorus raising a "joyful noise"! Happy Birthday!!

Re: Roles can conflict... I am not aware of how the restructuring has affected the other religions (save I think I was the first to note that the other religions in the monotheist area would object to being refered to by largely a Moslem term.) It seems to me that at least generally there...

Re: Roles can conflict... I urge you to consider the situation from a non-personal point of view. If we claim we are misunderstood, perhaps we are. I have no problem supposing that the purpose of the restructuring has nothing to do with the Baha'i Faith perse. But clearly it's affect on Hare...

Re: Roles can conflict... This sounds so odd to my ears. I have myself, and witnessed many others, defending Christianity to Moslems, among other combinations, and the reverses as well. The most outrageous behavior I recall was of someone avowadly by the end of the threads not a Baha'i...

For those looking for content reviewing this period, one of some of the most momentous for the Baha'is and the world at large, and how closely they intertwined, I would commend the book "The Servant, The General, and Armageddon" which synthesizes a number of first hand accounts into a history of...

Re: Roles can conflict... I rather agree. But truth must be said rather than assuming it is known. Plans are set forth, and results as well. All true as well.

"...Satan being a product of human minds and of instinctive human tendencies toward error. God alone is Creator, and all are creatures of His might." Link is about 1/3rd down the page. In the Baha'i Faith there are grades of holiness, but the curve goes to infinity at God, while the curve...

Part of the problem is that you call various things you believe by the names used in different religions. Each such word connotates specifics which wont generally apply in other religions. For example Baha'is speak of Manifestations and may even mean almost the same thing as Avatars, but if you...

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I'm curious if there is some feedback that can be had about how the board's activities have changed in light of the restructuring. For myself I've noticed that my input in the monotheist discussion has dropped to almost none at all because I feel alienated from it and limited about what and...

Forgive the error - I thought it was every four years.... Indeed the whole mechanism is very special - no one runs for office, no one endorses anyone or nominates anyone. There are no platforms to endorse or reject. For unit conventions every Baha'i is listed who is of age and in good...

We've had a thread about the Baha'i view of Buddha where such difficulties have also been addressed. I would offer that a Baha'i view allows many approaches to what a Manifestation is, but keep them in harmony and relationship, rather than let them go without implication on oneanother. "Were...

"Founded on a set of unique electoral and consultative principles that are democratic in spirit and method, the Bahá'í administrative order is organized around freely elected governing councils which operate at the local, national, and international levels. This hierarchy devolves...

Perhaps it would be helpful to see an examination of what is meant... "Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is a direct evidence of the revelation within it of the attributes and names of God, inasmuch as within every atom are enshrined the signs that bear eloquent...